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I have generally found the large tomes of magic items to be of limited use. That Massive +4 Bastard Sword of Dragon Cleaving probably won't help your 2nd level Bard nor will the +1 Cold Iron toothpick of fly stabbing be of much use to your 18th level Fighter type. Hopefully the expanded...

A discussion of the pro/cons of creating Yet Another Game System vs creating a supplement for an existing game system. Type of publishing: PDF, hard back, soft back, Print on Demand, etc. plus estimated costs, requirements and such for each option. Resources for avoiding copyright/trademark...

Typically overlooked is the value locked up in a Walmart type store of magic items. Well beyond the means of most people or organizations to afford. And as mentioned, a crime target. In a world where street thieves are willing to risk life and limb for a few silver or a chance at a gold...

Initially, not much would change. All books already purchased would continue to exist. Most groups that run D&D have a decent backlog of stuff already purchased to keep things going for months if not years. New players could download copies of the recently released SRD 5.2 or purchase a...

The game world matters a lot in ability balance. A world where a Powerful wizard is one who can light a candle from across a tavern room just by pointing a finger will have a different ability balance then one where a Weak wizard is one who can blast a tavern room to bits just by pointing a...

Wizards and Monks are terrible characters because they don't know about armor? My take is Beastmaster shows that Nudity as Armor can work for males as well as females. 2nd the thought on Krull.

The risks of critters in melee has already be mentioned but there are a fair number of single target spells that would spell instant doom for a Beastmaster's animal companions. Magic Missile being a classic. "Every missile targeted at ferret #1." Or early on, a Sleep spell could wipe out much...

If one does a bit of exploring on the vendor's Amazon store, you will find that tower for sale. The green blobs are good enough to set the scene. Will you win a place in "The Tremendous Tome of Epic Dungeons Vol II"? Probably not. But you won't spend the entire week setting up a tower...

Could be a way for a band of adventurers who know that the time for adventuring is getting short to setup a way to provide for kids/the next band of youngsters that might take up the next quest.

I think the reason early D&D used Euro-centric middle ages for the settings was the early customer base was primarily United States Americans. To US Americans, middle ages Europe IS largely fantasy. It has things like Kings, Queens and the whole royal entourage complete with castles and such...

I bought hundreds on the secondary market. Many were 10 cents per so I would order $1 worth. Snagged several of the larger ones like the Bullete or Red T-Rex for less then $5 per. My group at the time also made a couple of group buys of current issue boxes and then did some cross table...

Shining in social encounters IS a form of character power. Rolls not required. Seems like that to the social character, combat is pesky. Some players live for combat, others, not so much. And yes, I have played with players who had a talent for their characters getting into situations using...

Sadly, this seems a sane response to the current tariff situation. (Queue up the Bugs Bunny skit with Elmer in hunting outfit and Bugs and Daffy doing the "Wabbit Season" "Duck Season" rapid change thing.) Best to limit cash outflow until someone figures out what season it is. I don't see...

Or maybe the Sorcerer player isn't that interested in combat. Sounds like she has a very powerful character during social encounters, more so then yours, and enjoys using that power during such encounters. Hopefully, the DM will occasionally let her use her social 'power' to win an encounter...

A map should be a play aid, not the end goal. I have done both versions of dungeon exploring. Creating a detailed maps as we go and just going without the players making a map but trusting that the characters were somehow keeping track of where they were/had been/and the way out. I prefer the...

A member of my then RPG group bought the original WLD when new and we ran a few sessions. But after a bit, most of us wanted something other then combat followed by more combat with a break consisting of combat. I did later buy a copy of World's Largest City. That may finally get some use in...

Wonder if Pathfinder and others being missing is due to D&D becoming a generic term for role playing games? I know that several times when I have answered a question about "what are you playing?" with 'Pathfinder', I got the stare of "What??". When I added "Think D&D" the comprehension light...

A quote from the Steve Jackson posting on tariffs: "Here are the numbers: A product we might have manufactured in China for $3.00 last year could now cost $4.62 before we even ship it across the ocean. Add freight, warehousing, fulfillment, and distribution margins, and that once-$25 game...

I have offered to do that but suggested he provide a sacrificial test mini first. I use spray primer but some plastic reacts poorly to spray. Much better to have Orc #1 of 10 wind up perma sticky then the hard to find character mini. And yes, my Giant Battle Maps book is wire spiral bound.

IF this one is like my Giant Book of Battlemaps(the 1st one), the binding is about 3/4" and the maps wind up about 1/4"(or less) apart. For me, less of an immersion break then the player that keeps using the unpainted mini, especially the white ones.